As the snow covered sled reached the bottom of the hill, the music grew louder, louder, louder, until he was sure that it wasn't an echo. Jonas transferred the last memory of warmth to Gabriel, and once again the flakes of heat began to travel across his frozen skin. Mustering up all his strength, Jonas lifted Gabe's frail body into his cold hands and pushed himself off the frozen sled. He trudged through the snow, Gabriel in his arms, and came to the first doorstep. He collapsed on the door, making a startling noise ring throughout the dwelling. Inside, a girl broke through the colorful wrapping paper of the gift to find a tarnished trumpet.
"Thank you sooo much Nana!" she exclaimed.
"You're certainly welcome, Laura," a withered lady in a rocking chair said, smiling. The mother, sitting quietly by the fireplace, was first to hear the sound. She heaved herself up, and reached for the door.
Gabriel shook violently from the snowflakes falling frequently on his pale skin. Jonas did the best he could to keep the Newchild warm in the tattered, dirty blanket they had. All hope had disappeared from Jonas's mind. There was nothing but col, inside and out. But Jonas felt the …show more content…
He knew that the woman, who had bright red hair and pale, blue eyes, was, to his extreme surprise, the Giver's daughter. She refrained from release at the last second. Since she couldn't go back to the community because she was assumed dead, she ran away. Her spouse, Theodore was from Elsewhere. So was their daughter, Laura. The grandparents where Theodore's, of course, for none of Rosemary's family knew she was alive. He found joy and solace playing with Laura, who had green eyes and brown hair, almost as much as he did with Fiona, but he still missed Fiona and Asher terribly. He missed his parents, and even Lily, too. But Elsewhere there were choices, and grandparents, and colors, and sleigh-rides, and love. There was
"Thank you sooo much Nana!" she exclaimed.
"You're certainly welcome, Laura," a withered lady in a rocking chair said, smiling. The mother, sitting quietly by the fireplace, was first to hear the sound. She heaved herself up, and reached for the door.
Gabriel shook violently from the snowflakes falling frequently on his pale skin. Jonas did the best he could to keep the Newchild warm in the tattered, dirty blanket they had. All hope had disappeared from Jonas's mind. There was nothing but col, inside and out. But Jonas felt the …show more content…
He knew that the woman, who had bright red hair and pale, blue eyes, was, to his extreme surprise, the Giver's daughter. She refrained from release at the last second. Since she couldn't go back to the community because she was assumed dead, she ran away. Her spouse, Theodore was from Elsewhere. So was their daughter, Laura. The grandparents where Theodore's, of course, for none of Rosemary's family knew she was alive. He found joy and solace playing with Laura, who had green eyes and brown hair, almost as much as he did with Fiona, but he still missed Fiona and Asher terribly. He missed his parents, and even Lily, too. But Elsewhere there were choices, and grandparents, and colors, and sleigh-rides, and love. There was